The debate about food deserts is more than a spirited discussion. It has broader social and financial implications that may impact important policy and funding decisions regarding how resources are disseminated to underserved communities. Neighborhood initiatives already are in place to help improve the ...
While originally, Pressed’s founders were looking for a way to make it easier for people get more fruits and vegetables into their diet, the company is now also taking on the larger issue of food inaccessibility in communities that are labeled as “food deserts” — where residents don’t ...
energy use, and waste reduction within these systems, building a comprehensive understanding of how to produce food sustainably. This knowledge is crucial as the world seeks eco-friendly solutions to feed a growing population.
particularly food availability and suitable breeding grounds. Birds that breed in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere often migrate southwards as winter approaches, seeking warmer climates where food is abundant. This journey is ingrained in their genetic makeup, a remarkable navigation system...
The analysis in this paper evaluated frequency of frustrations with food being too cold or too warm, late deliveries, and fees being too high for food delivery, and with damaged or broken items, late deliveries, and fees being too high for package delivery. The app or website was difficult...
How are forests and deserts related? How do humans impact temperate forests? How is biodiversity related to niches? How do ecosystems maintain their sustainability? How are citizenship and ecology connected? How does an ecological community recover from a fire? How do the biosphere and geosphere in...
NASA’s EMIT collected this hyperspectral image of the Amazon River in northern Brazil on June 30 as part of an effort to map global ecosystem biodiversity. The instrument was originally tasked with mapping minerals over deserts; its data is now being used in research on a diverse range of to...
Often, these “other means” of food procurement are lumped into the category of “hunting and gathering”—and certainly these are two activities that humans have used, to eat, over the long arc of our history. Additionally, many contemporary human communities continue to rely on these activiti...
Today, Black people in the U.S. are more likely than white people to live in food deserts, with limited access to fresh fruit or vegetables. They are less likely to be able to access green spaces, and more likely to live in areas without clean water or air. Black children are more ...
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